Nintendo Switch owners wondering when they might be able to stream Netflix on the system will have to keep wondering for now, although all hope is not lost.

Switch fans hoping for a Netflix app may have become alarmed yesterday if they saw a certain tweet from Netflix’s official customer service account. Responding to a person asking when the service might be coming to the Switch, the @Netflixhelps account said, “There are currently no plans for Netflix on Nintendo Switch.”

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While Switch owners may have despaired at the sight of that tweet, the news isn’t quite that bad. We asked Netflix for further comment today, and a representative for the streaming service said that although Netflix has nothing to announce right now, the company continues to engage in discussions with Nintendo about a Switch app.

“We are still exploring the opportunity with Nintendo, but don’t have definitive plans to share at this time,” the Netflix spokesperson told Polygon. The rep added that Netflix will send an update to that effect from @Netflixhelps; the company has since deleted the original tweet from yesterday, but you can see a screencap below.

Nintendo launched the Switch in March 2017 without any streaming video services. At the time, Nintendo said it was “talking to a range of companies” such as Amazon, Hulu and Netflix about bringing their apps to the Switch. More than 10 months after the Switch’s debut, Hulu is the only streaming service to be offered on the console in the U.S.; it launched in November. Niconico, a Japanese video hosting platform, is available on Switch exclusively in Japan.

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Specifications from Intel's next generation consumer NVMe products are now online. The two new M.2 product series fall under 760p and 660p branding. The new BGA SSD we spotted just last week also made an appearance over the weekend under the 700p name.


The Intel SSD 760p sports five capacities ranging between 128GB and 2TB in the M.2 form factor. The performance is a blistering 3,200 MB/s sequential read and 1,600 MB/s sequential write speeds. The random performance comes to 350,000 IOPS read and 280,000 IOPS write. This is in line with the Silicon Motion SM2262 controller we saw in the Adata suite, which used the XPG SX8200. The Adata version with the same controller uses overprovisioning that shrinks the user capacity. It looks like Intel will bring the 760p to market without heavy overprovisioning to give users more space to keep data.



The Intel 700p BGA SSD shows capacities between 128GB and 512GB. This is a little different from the 1TB BGA the company tried to slide by us last week in an official PDF catalog. At one time, Intel had a 600p BGA on a leaked roadmap, but it, as well as the 610p, never came to market. BGA SSDs are embedded in products like thin notebooks. They use multi-chip packaging to fit all of the components inside one small package. Intel could still build a 1TB BGA SSD by stacking sixteen next-generation 512Gbit die with the controller in the package.

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Last but not least is the most interesting leak: In the middle of the chart is the Intel SSD 660p with 4-bit per cell (QLC) flash. The SSD 660p listing shows three capacities (512GB, 1TB and 2TB). The performance is much higher than we expected to see from QLC at right out of the gate. The leak says the 660p will achieve up to 1,800 MB/s sequential read and 1,100 sequential write speeds. The random performance clocks in at 150,000 IOPS for both reads and writes.

QLC was a hot topic at CES last week, but only behind closed doors. No one wanted to go on the record, but we know IMFT (Intel Micron Flash Technology) has it ready for the most part. Companies are excited about the cost-cutting technology but need controllers to pair with it. One source told us to expect 512GB QLC SSDs for around $100.

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The new Intel leaks don't list realistic pricing. One site shows the Intel SSD 760p 512GB at 5900 Yuan, which is around $917 USD. After an exhaustive search, we did find some reliable pricing from U.S. reseller Tiger Direct. The company lists the SSD 760p 128GB for $87.99, but only the smallest capacity model came up in our search.

Firefighters are warning computer users of batteries which could catch fire.

Cambridgeshire Fire Service says consumers should check whether they are affected by a safety warning issued by the tech giant HP.

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In an online statement, HP said: “These batteries have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers. For this reason, it is extremely important to check whether your battery is affected."

Batteries affected by this program were shipped with specific HP Probook 64x (G2 and G3), HP ProBook 65x (G2 and G3), HP x360 310 G2, HP ENVY m6, HP Pavilion x360, HP 11 notebook computers and HP ZBook (17 G3, 17 G4, and Studio G3) mobile workstations sold worldwide from December 2015 through December 2017. They were also sold as accessories or provided as replacements through HP or an authorized HP service provider.

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“Many of these batteries are internal to the system, which means they are not customer replaceable. HP is providing battery replacement services by an authorized technician at no cost. HP is also providing a BIOS update that places the battery in battery safety mode so that the notebook or workstation can be safely used without the battery by connecting to an HP power adaptor.”